Jin Zhu smiled quickly: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, Lord Wu is ashamed, I will let you go after I know the benefits!" ”

"It's still a golden catch!"

"Where, officialdom is like rivers and lakes, whoever has a big backer will take advantage. By the way, what are you going to do from here? Jin Zhu asked Zhao Jiu's sadness in a word, Zhao Jiu lowered his head and said, "I don't know, one step at a time!" ”

Jin Zhu quickly looked at Zhao Jiu, who was silent, and said, "Since this is the case, you can go to Pingyuan County with me!" ”

Zhao Jiu couldn't help but rejoice: "Where is Mr. Qin?" ”

"No, there's an old friend of mine there, and I'll ask him to take care of you!"

In the past, Wutang Village would also come down from the county to catch fast, some would gossip with the villagers after begging for wine, and some would not have enough silver after drinking, and every now and then Zhu Fugui would cry and mourn, as if he had cut meat from him. Jin Catch Kuai is different from the ones Zhao Jiu has seen before, he is neat and decisive, he is an old-fashioned person, and he will give some copper coins when he meets an old beggar on the road, even if he meets a reckless man running the rivers and lakes in the tea shop, he can drink three bowls with him. Rather than saying that Jin Zhukuai is a fast catcher, Zhao Jiu feels that Jin Zhukuai is more like a chivalrous man, just like those chivalrous people in Mr. Qin's story.

On the way to Pingyuan County, the two passed through a small village and stayed at an old uncle's house. Not far from the uncle's house, there was a grandmother who was over eighty years old, who raised a few chickens, and regarded them as her life, and didn't want to find that one was missing early the next morning. Jin Zhukuai was not annoyed, and asked the grandmother with a smile: "Auntie, what does your chicken look like?" ”

Grandma gestured with her hand: "Big hen, red crown, yellow and bright yellow coat, tail with a little black-"

Zhao Jiu couldn't smile bitterly, which domestic hen is not like this? He was about to speak, but he heard Jin Zhukuai ask again: "Auntie, how long have you been raising that chicken, how much does it weigh?" ”

"I've been raising it for more than half a year, but I'm getting older, I'm almost three pounds, and I've started laying eggs just now——"

Jin Zhu quickly asked about the appearance and weight of the chicken, and paid Grandma 40 yuan according to the market price, and because the chicken could lay eggs, Jin Zhukuai paid Grandma 20 yuan more, and then asked Grandma if she could go to the chicken pen to see, and Grandma agreed. The chicken pen was behind the hall, and it was used for chickens and firewood, but two of the four walls were broken. Jin Zhu found a few footprints behind the wall, and he squatted down and measured them with his hands, as if he knew it by heart.

"Auntie, do you have a child?"

"I have a son who went out and didn't come back!" Grandma turned her back to wipe her eyes, and the accompanying uncle whispered: "The year before last was gone!" Jin Zhu quickly looked around the house, called Zhao Jiu and some mud to mend the broken wall for Grandma, and put up a fence, and then left Grandma's house with his uncle.

When he went out, the old man hurriedly compensated Jin Zhukuai and Zhao Jiu: "The two of you are really good people, how can the people who live in my house steal her chickens, don't you say?" There are only so many people in this village, and they all know the appearance of their mother-in-law's house, even if they are hungry, they can't beat their mother-in-law's idea! It must be a bastard from outside, and when I find it—I'm going to have to kill him!" ”

"Uncle, don't be angry, we disturbed us yesterday, and we have to thank Uncle for being willing to take him in!" Jin Zhukuai and Zhao Jiu said goodbye to the uncle, and the uncle returned to the house only to find that there were more than ten cents under the pillow, so he hurriedly chased out to see where there were still two people outside.

Jin Zhukuai and Zhao Jiu left the old uncle's house but did not leave the village immediately, so they walked along the road in the village, there was a piece of uninhabited land behind the village, and there was a dilapidated old house. I heard from the old man that the family was sick and died, and the villagers didn't like to go there, for fear of getting bad luck, but wild dogs and wild cats didn't care so much. Walking to the ground, Zhao Jiu suddenly smelled a smell of meat, Jin Zhukuai patted him lightly on the shoulder, signaling Zhao Jiu not to make a sound. The two went around to the dilapidated house and took a look, only to see a child squatting on the ground, munching on the meat in his hand, and there were chicken feathers buried in the pit next to him.

"Wow, it turns out that my mother-in-law's chicken was stolen by a few of you!" Zhao Jiu was angry, and immediately stepped forward to teach those people a lesson, and the three of them saw that the comer was not good, so they also stood up slowly, and looked at the comer fiercely while biting the fragrant chicken. It's just two people, huh!

"You're not from this village, are you?" One of them said to Zhao Jiu and Jin Zhu quickly with a greasy mouth: "Then hurry up, don't meddle with rats!" ”

Another person also helped: "That's it, it's your business that we eat that old woman's chicken, don't you get out of here!" ”

Zhao Jiu was about to speak, but Jin Zhu quickly took a few steps forward and crossed Zhao Jiu towards another person who didn't speak: "The two of them are not from this village, you are!" He stole the chicken—" Jin Zhu quickly pointed to the man who answered first, and said, "But you led the people!" ”

The latter obviously didn't expect Jin Zhu to see his bottom at a glance, and his heart softened a little as he was timid, and he responded: "I-"

The person who shouted the most glared at him and scolded: "What if you see it, anyway, you have to go out after two ****, what are you afraid of him doing?" Just like you - how can you do big things? ”

Jin Zhukuai ignored the other two, and only said to the posterior in the village: "Listen to what he said, you will leave the village in two days, but the whole village knows about Grandma's loss of chickens in less than half a day, and even the uncle next to Grandma's house can guess who did this immoral thing!" I think you still have parents at home, how can you bear to leave and stay at home with your parents being scolded for you and poked in the back? ”

The latter looked ashamed, glanced at the other two and muttered, "I didn't want to do this, but they-"

Seeing that their own people had defected, the two of them were also angry: "But what? Didn't you eat this chicken too? The two threw the chicken bones in their hands, rolled up their sleeves, and surrounded Jin Zhukuai viciously, but they didn't see how Jin Zhukuai moved, so the two fell to the ground and rolled into a ball, "ouch", "ouch" and screamed non-stop.

But he said that the old man was indeed not idle, he called his nephew to go around the village with him, and happened to go to the back of the village.

"Maotou, it turns out that you are a rabbit cub who takes the lead in doing bad things!" The uncle was not ambiguous, and even scolded and scolded the son who gave birth to him, and the two accomplices underground wanted to escape, so that the uncle's nephew ran up and twisted one by one. The uncle looked back and wanted to thank Jin Zhukuai, but found that there was no one behind him.

Zhao Jiu followed behind Jin Zhukuai, as if he had seen some unspeakable treasure, and his eyes lit up with excitement. At that time, there were obviously three offspring, how did Jin Zhukuai know which one was from this village and which one was from another village? Also, how did Jin Catcher know who stole the chicken?

Jin Zhu didn't look back, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, until Zhao Jiu pleaded with him before he answered: "There are many ways to do this, I can't come in a hurry, you and I have more days to go to Pingyuan County together, take your time!" ”